The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 20 February on the impact of the global economic and financial crises on the universal realization and effective enjoyment of human rights. The session will take place in Room XVII of the Palais des Nations and will begin at 10 a.m.…

High Commissioner for Human Rights Addresses Committee The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventy-fourth session, hearing an address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, then adopting its agenda and programme of work. Navi…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

European Union presents draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Algeria, on behalf of the Group of 21 and in its national capacity, the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union, Brazil, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Austria, Venezuela…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…

Othman Hashim, the new Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Hashim had been serving as Deputy…

Joaquim A.M.L. da Fonseca, the new Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. da Fonseca had been…

Maria Ciobanu, the new Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Ciobanu had been serving as State Adviser…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…

Issues Statements on Gaza and International Financial Crisis; Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Dominica, Armenia, Haiti, Cameroon, Libya, Germany, Guatemala and Rwanda The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its forty-third session, adopting…